Journalism History

The first newspaper published in India was _______.

• Hicky's Bengal Gazette

• The Times of India

• Indian Express

• The Hindu

_______ is considered the father of Indian journalism.

• Rabindranath Tagore

• James Agustus Hickey

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Jawaharlal Nehru

The first Hindi newspaper in India was _______.

• Bengal Gazette

• Hindustan Times

• Udant Martand

• The Times of India

The first Marathi newspaper, 'Darpan,' was started by _______.

• M. G. Ranade

• Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

• Lokmanya Tilak

• Balshastri Jambhekar

_______ started the newspapers 'Kesari' and 'Maratha.'

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• Jawaharlal Nehru

1. The _______ Act of 1878 was introduced by Lord Lytton to curb the freedom of the press.

• Vernacular Press Act

• Indian Press Act

• Censorship Act

• Freedom of Press Act

_______ was a significant Gujarati newspaper.

• Kesari

• Amrit Bazaar Patrika

• Gujarat Darpan

• Sudharak

Bhau Mahajan was the editor of __________.

• Kesari

• Prabhakar

• Sudharak

• Maratha

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar founded the newspaper "Sudharak" to promote _______.

• Religious reforms

• Social reforms

• Freedom of the press

• Economic development

_________ was the mouthpiece of the Prarthana Samaj.

• Subodh Patrika

• Sudharak

• Kesari

• Prabhakar